[Python-Dev] Keyword-only parameters

[Eric V. Smith]

On 04/14/2015 02:11 PM, Zachary Ware wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 01:40:40PM -0400, Eric V. Smith wrote:
>>> But, I don't see a lot of keyword-only parameters being added to stdlib
>>> code. Is there some position we've taken on this? Barring someone saying
>>> "stdlib APIs shouldn't contain keyword-only params", I'm inclined to
>>> make numeric_owner keyword-only.
>>
>> I expect that's because keyword-only parameters are quite recent (3.x
>> only) and most of the stdlib is quite old.
>>
>> Keyword-only feels right for this to me too.
> 
> +1

Thanks. I'll make it keyword-only.

Eric.